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The Kuzminykh Case: MP Refused to Be Questioned by Prosecutor
Today, 5 October, the High Anti-Corruption Court held another hearing in the case of Servant of the People MP Serhiy Kuzminykh.
The hearing traditionally began with a defense request to postpone.
This time the new defender of Kuzminykh suddenly required medical assistance.
Kuzminykh, whose questioning the HACC began last week, as always insisted on having defense counsel and stated that further questioning would be impossible without a defender.
At the same time, the panel of judges decided to proceed. But in fact no further unsworn testimony took place — Kuzminykh refused to be questioned in the format of answering the prosecutor’s questions. He justified this by alleging the case against him was being "fabricated."
Kuzminykh reportedly is only willing to answer questions during questioning by his defender. Since the defender did not appear today, the court announced a recess until 6 October.
If Kuzminykh’s defender does not appear at the hearing on Tuesday, the panel will treat this as a refusal to give testimony and will proceed to legal debates.
❗️At the same time, we emphasize that thanks to such conduct by Kuzminykh’s defense, he may easily avoid liability, since the statute of limitations in this case expires in January 2027.
The HACC and the HACC Court of Appeal have less than 4 months to deliver a verdict in Kuzminykh’s case.
According to the prosecution’s version, Kuzminykh allegedly promised for 558 thousand hryvnias to help facilitate the signing of contracts between private companies and a hospital in Zhytomyr region.
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